Improvement in vegetable-grater



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SAMUEL M. WILSON,

0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 98,832, dated actuary 11, 1870; antedated December24, 1869.

IMPRO'V'EMENT IN' 'VEGETABLE-G-RTER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all 'whom it mayconcern Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. WILSON, ofthecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Rotary Graters; and I dohereby declare the following tohe a full, clear, and exact description thereof, sufficient to enablethose skilled inthe art to which my invention appertains, to fullyunderstand, construct, and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in whichmy invention is represented by a perspective view.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof parts, as hereinafter described.-

In the drawing-.

A represents an upright, which may be made of cast-iron, and which isprovided with the lateral ex' tensions E, through the lower of which aset-screw,

M, is fitted, to clamp the device to the edge of a'table,

as at D. v

At the upper end of the standard A, are formed arms., 'B B,one of whichis extended, to constitute a rest, K.-

J is the grating-cylinder, made hollow, of sheetmetal, open at one end,and keyed to a shaft, N, journaled in bearings in the arms B B.

The periphery of this cylinder isperforated with small round holes,having an upward inclination, so as to form an overhanging cutting-lip,uneven and jagged, while the lower Sides of the holes are smooth, andfree from jagged points, thus forming a very electivegrater, havinglittle liability to clog. l

The wheel F iS provided with a crank-handle, G H.

To prevent the grated substance from being thrown o the periphery, orout at theend of the cylinder, by centrifugaliorce, and thereby wasted,I provide a hood, 0, made of sheet-metal, bent into such form as ltopartially enclose the rotary cylinder, thus collecting the gratings, andconducting them to a receptacle prof vided vfor their reception.

They edge of the hood vis bent back at a, so as to pass under theextension E, of the frame, and thereby hold the hood in position.

The operation will be readily understood. The horseradish or otherfruit, vegetable; or substance to be ground, is rested on the arm K, andpressed against the grating-.sulface by one hand, while with the otherthe crank is turned, and the cylinder thereby rotated.

Having thus described my invention,

l What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

The combination of the grating-cylinder J, with. v

perforatious, as described, hood O, frame A K E E, geaiing F I, withcrank G H, and clamping-screw M, all constructed and arranged to operatesubstantially as herein described and shown. A

SAMUEL M. WILSON. Witnesses g A. F. SELLEOK, GEORGE HANNA.

